# Chapter 175

Mental will is a powerful force in your life, or not. Maybe I should word the sentence to say that mental will /can/ be a most powerful force in your life. It seems that for me and perhaps others, we need the mental will to get to our mental will and keep it engaged. I know I know, its a limited resource and all that current media jazz about how little of it you actually have at your disposal. But when mental will is showing her teeth, you better get out of the way! It is a force to be reckoned with! Keeping this force at your disposal, that seems to be the most elusive part.

It is like a slippery sliding silent ghost when you most want it to make an appearance sometimes. You can’t find it when you need it and that makes it very frustrating - thus you need the mental will to get your mental will engaged. This is why habits are superior to mental will on a regular daily basis, because habits show up every day and you can get it done, whatever it may be.

And perhaps that is the answer to the mental will dilemma, making it a habit to exercise our mental will. At least this the path that I am pursuing. I need my mental will more available and engaged than I generally find it to be. Maybe it has something to do with being 60 years old, or maybe it has something to do with my “want” level, but this powerful force needs help helping.